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2009 BME Volunteer Awards in Manchester
Do you have a volunteer who has made a difference to the lives of others and an outstanding contribution to your organisation? read more »
Reports
Communities in Control: real people, real power
Communities in Control: real people, real power, aims to pass power into the hands of local communities in order to generate vibrant local democracy in every part of the country, and to give real cont read more »
Giving more people a say in local spending: Participatory Budgeting - a national strategy
This strategy sets out an overview of how the government will work towards the ambition for Participatory Budgeting to be used in every local authority area by 2012. read more »
Increasing the participation of women in public life
The Government Equalities Office and CLG have produced a report which highlights what needs to be done to get more under-represented groups of women to play an active role in civic and civil life. read more »
Community Cohesion and Neighbourhood Management: A Theme Report from the Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders National Evaluatio
This theme report explores the role that neighbourhood management can play in promoting community cohesion by examining the experience of five case study pathfinder areas. read more »
Working with Local Strategic Partnerships and Local Area Agreements: Some lessons from the New Deal for Communities Programme
This study explores the relationship between four New Deal for Community (NDC) partnerships and their Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), and what impact if any this has on the Local Area Agreement (LA read more »
Devising and delivering masterplanning at neighbourhood level: Some lessons from the New Deal for Communities Programme
This report identifies some of the main issues, learning points and practical dilemnas from NDC involvement in masterplanning. read more »
Community Engagement: Some lessons from the New Deal for Communities Programme
One of the distinctive features of the New Deal for Community (NDC) programme is that it puts communities at its heart, seeking to embed community engagement in its structures and working practices an read more »
Communications: Some lessons from the New Deal for Communities Programme
The purpose of this report is to show how New Deal for Communities partnerships have communicated their messages to a range of different stakeholders and audiences looking at different communication m read more »
Social Capital: Challenges for policy-makers and practitioners
What is social capital and why is it important?
What has been happening to social capital recently?
How is social capital related to equality and diversity? read more »